Beads & Boos: Challengers get their chance, while some voters missed theirs

4:50 PM,
Dec. 10, 2012

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The Town Talk

BEADS: To Jules R. Green and Lee Rubin, who won Saturday's runoff elections for seats on the Alexandria City Council. For the District 3 seat, Green defeated Jerry W. Jones Jr., who was appointed in December 2011 to complete the term of Jonathan B. Goins, who resigned. For the at-large seat, Rubin defeated Roosevelt L. Johnson, who has been on the council since December 2003. Beads, too, to Jones and Johnson for their service on the council and to the public.

BOOS: To voters who did not take time to go to the polls Saturday. Numerous elected positions and tax proposals were on ballots throughout ...